My thought is that you have to be a very confident and self-assured guy to wear a pink apron around the house… but to wear a pink apron outside the house? Well, amp up the manliness factor to sizzling.
Alexander, my 3-year-old grandson, put all his testosterone on the table (so to speak) when he [...]

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I’m going to get all existential on you for a moment or two… probably because I heard a young mother at a diner this morning tell the waitress that her son is going to be a doctor when he grows up. I know I’ve addressed this topic before, but the young moms are not [...]

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I spent a few days with Audrey while her husband was out of town. All I can say is… thank God I have thick skin. Or, at least, “pretty lines.” I’m thinking that I must get William (just turned 4) and Alexander (just turned 3) together for a little tutorial in [...]

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This morning, my grandsons William and Alexander asked me to color with them.
Easy? Probably. If you’re not old. vieja. vieille.  Like me.
The boys each had a coloring book with a fall theme. Pumpkins. Leaves. Rakes and the like. I picked up one bright crayon and said, “I think I’ll [...]

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My husband Barry is kind, loving, attentive, generous and all around wonderful.
As a Dad, multiply all of this by, well, a zillion. As a Grandpa, there is no number or word big or beautiful enough to describe his love. BUT (isn’t there always a BUT when it comes to kids?)… there seems always [...]

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I’ve had a poignant and poetic blog post floating around in my head for a few days now. It is by Crooked Eyebrow. It speaks of dancing leaves, winds that howl, a tree… and apple pies. This post speaks to many. And it speaks to me in a way that is almost [...]

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Ugly ducklings. Proms and formal dances. Boyfriends. Heartbreak.
Why do these things always go hand-in-hand? And why do we always seem to have photographs to remind us?
Miss Britt the Magnificent (because she is) had to go and write a couple of moving posts that got me thinking about these oftentimes painful reminisces [...]

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Today is the first day I’ve had to wear a winter jacket here in New England. My jackets and coats are all stored very nicely in a closet in my downstairs hallway… a little closet carved out beneath my front staircase. I also have scarves and mittens and gloves and hats and [...]

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I am not one to openly criticize behavioral management and/or disciplinary skills of parents. I am a parent to 4 grown children and a grandparent to 9 grandchildren. I have my opinions. (Lord, do I have my opinions.) But that is neither here nor there for this discussion.
Nay. This discussion involves [...]

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How do you, and/or the children in your life, refer to… well, flatulence.
I ask only because I overheard a big and bad discussion between an adult and a child at Fenway Park on Monday night regarding this very topic. First, let me repeat that I was at a baseball game. Peanuts. Cracker [...]

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